Ironing-table.



110.769313. PATENTEDSEPT.G,19Q4.

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IRONING TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 6, 1903.

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PATENT OFFICE.

WALLACE JAMES HIGGS, OF LEHI CITY, UTAH.

l'noN'lNG-TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 769,313, datedSeptember 6, 1904.

Application filed May 6, 1903. Serial No. 155,907. (No model.)

To all 'whom t may concern.:

Be it known that I, WALLACE JAMES HIGGS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lehi City, in the county of Utah and State of Utah,

have invented a new and useful Ironing-Table, of which the following isa specification.

The invention relates to ironing-tables, and

' has for its object to produce a device of simple construction whichmay be adjusted in any desired position by merely lifting upward uponthe table portion vand without manipulatingor detaching any of theparts.l

Other novel features of the invention will. appear in theaccompanyingdescription and be specified in the claim following.

In the drawings illustrative of the invention, Figure 1 is asideelevation with the device opened out as in use. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsectional view taken on line2 2, of Fig. 3, showing the devicecollapsedor folded. Fig. 3 is a bottom folded or collapsed.

In the device is comprised a table portion of any required size and withone end, 10, converging or narrowed in the usual manner and havingspaced leg members 11 11hinged thereto at 11b 11c near one end, the legmem bers being connected near their ends by transverse rounds 11L 11e,as shown. The leg members 11 11a will lie against the under side of theboard 10 when the device is folded,'as in Figs. 2 and 3, and extenddiagonally thereunder when the device is in use, asin' Fig. 1. Two otherleg members, 12 12a, will be pivotally `connected inside the leg members11 11L by bolts 13 13, as shown, with washers 14. 111 upon the boltsbetween their respective contiguous parts to reduce the friction andprevent unequal wear and strains. The mem- .bers 12 12a will beconnected at their lower ends by a transverse round 15 and at theirupper ends by an angular cross-bar 16 and also' connected intermediatelyby round 17.

`, The portions of the legk members 12 12*l be* plan view of the device'Attached to the under side of the table portion 10 in close proximity tothe inside of the leg members 12 12 adjacent to their upper ends are twobars, as 18, both being of the same construction and having spacedratchetteeth 18h, with which the bar 16 engages, Vas

shown. Each of -the bars 18a is provided withv a keeper 18d 18e,respectively embracing the bar 16 and serving to retain it in movableconnection with the table 10. The keepers will be a suiicient distancefrom the bars 18a to permit the bar 16 to be engaged with any pair ofthe teeth 18h, but will prevent the bar 16 from becoming disengaged fromthe table. The bars 18L will extend beyond the teeth 181 for aconsiderable distance, as shown, so that the bars 18n and the keepers181 18e will be of sufiicient length to provide room for the movement ofthe bar 16 when the device is folded, as in Figs. 2 and 3. By thissimple means the legy members may be folded or collapsed, as in Figs. 2and 3, and whenthus arranged will lie flat against the under side of thetable with the members 12 and 18a in close parallel relation and themembers l12a and 188L in correspondingly close parallel relations, sothat the parts are all firmly supported from lateral movement. TheVparts are also firmly supportedfrom lateral movement when elevated intooperative position, as shown in Fig. 1, as when in that position thekeepers 18d 18e closely engage the'leg members 12 and 12a and preventlateral movement between the parts. This is an important feature of theinvention and adds materiallyto the efficiency of the device. v

All the detachable partswill be -connected by screws and bolts to insurethe requisite strength together with ease of construction and assemblingof parts. The free ends of the leg members 11 11L and 12 12 willpreferably be rounded, so that the legs will engage the floor uniformlyat all points ofthe elevation of the device. When thus constructed, whenit isdesired to use'the device it is'placed upon the floor with thefolded leg members underneath. The table portion 10 is then liftedbodily with the larger end 10b a trifle in advance of the narrow end 10,so that the lower ends of the leg members 12 12 will be held up freefrom the floor: This action will cause the heavier lower portions of theleg members 12 12 to hold the bar 16 in cons tant engagement with theteeth 18b and enable the operator to readily adjust the bar to engageany desired tooth without touching any part of the device except thetable portion 10. The operator can thus readily adjust the table to anydesired height within the range of the ratchet-teeth. When the device isto be collapsed, it is only necessary to reverse the action-that is,lift the narrow end 10CL of the table until the bar 16 is disengagedfrom the teeth 18h, when the table can be lowered down and the legmembers collapsed.

If it is required to adjust the bar 16 to cause the table portion 10 toassume a lower plane, it can readily be accomplished by lifting thenarrow end 10 until the' bar 16 is clear from the teeth and allowing thetable to move downward until the desired position is reached, when itcan be immediately locked in that position by merely elevatingthe largerend 10". 'Ihus the table can be perfectly controlled without touchingany part except the table portion itself, as above described.

Ii' required, a series of staples 19 may be inserted in the under sideof the table in transverse alinement .with the teeth 18b and disposedoutside the space occupied by the leg members 11 or 11lL when folded,and with which a hook 2O on one of the leg members 12 or 12 is adaptedto engage after the table is adjusted to the required height, so thatthe table may be locked in any required position to prevent accidentaldisplacement.

What I claim is*- In an ironing-table, the combination of a board,spaced leg members hinged at one end to said board, brace leg membersspaced apart and arranged between said hinged leg members and pivotallyconnected thereto intermediately of their lengths, a transverse barconnecting the inner ends of said brace members, spaced ratchet-barsdisposed longitudinally oi said board on the under face thereof` andarranged to extend between the inner faces or' said brace leg membersand adapted to be dctachably engaged by the transverse bar of said braceleg members, and keepers arranged over said ratchet-bars and spacedtherefrom in position toV permit the free movement of said transversebar therebetween.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aiiixedmy signaturein the presence of two witnesses.

WALLACE JAMES HIGGS.

W'itnesses:

JOHN T. WINN, GEORGE Gouw..

